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>What bothers me in particular is the implication that running small, frequently swarming colonies spaced >widely throughout the landscape is our *only* solution.
This is not quite what Dr. Seeley is implying. In reading it, he has adopted some of the other techniques, and assumed the wild bees perished. He is simply reporting that is not hte case, and his work why they are doing okay. I have not seen him imply or say that it was the solution or the "only solution" he is very dutifly and accurately reporting the findings.
In that we may find a valuable piece of information that can be applied to our current methods and goals for bigger hives and honey production.
The key in problem solving is completly understanding the "good" and the bad. in thois case Dr. Seeley is explaining the good. Randy and others have done great at explaining the bad, now the goal is to figure out how to adjust and compensate.
Charles
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